In the report, Roche said fare increases are needed to cover “inflationary cost increases” and “added services.”

None of these options will generate the revenue needed to close the TTC’s funding gap. How the remainder of the revenue will be obtained remains unclear.

The report also contained the TTC Customer Satisfaction Survey which found low-income riders use Metropasses and tokens more than cash. Roche wrote, based on this data, this customer group is not “disproportionately” impacted by a cash fare increase.

Roche predicts option two would generate $24 million while option three would bring in $36 million in revenue.

In options four and five, Roche suggests eliminating student and senior fares, and having everyone pay the same price with a $0.05 or $0.10 increase to the standard fair. He says this simplifies the fare structure and is consistent with all other GTHA transit systems. This option would generate up to $41 million.

In all cases the Metropass increase would be calculated pro-rata, meaning this fare increase would be based on the average number of trips taken by riders every month. The total possible increase of a Metropass was not indicated in this report. In the past few years, Metropass users have seen their prices go up to nearly the equivalent of buying tokens for a month.